The effective temperature of the Sun's surface is 5770 K (Ostlie & Carroll page 77).
There's no reason the usual principle of "if somebody objects, provide a source" can't apply. Source obvious statements that are obvious to everyone should be easy. If it's not, maybe they're not so obvious and need to be sourced.
Cheers, WilyD
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 12:33 PM, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 4/7/2008 12:03:29 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
snowspinner@gmail.com writes:
There are topics that we unquestionably should have articles about that one cannot write a general overview of without relying on that oral tradition. >>
Actually, imho, we should not. If by oral tradition you mean "the Sun is hot" doesn't need a source I would agree. If by oral tradition you mean "James Joyce was the best writer ever" doesn't need a source, I have to disagree.
Will Johnson
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